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BROAD GAUGE

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Dictionary entry overview: What does broad gauge mean?

• BROAD GAUGE (noun)
The noun BROAD GAUGE has 1 sense:

1. a railroad track (or its width) broader than the standard 56.5 inches

Familiarity information: BROAD GAUGE used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• BROAD GAUGE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A railroad track (or its width) broader than the standard 56.5 inches

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("broad gauge" is a kind of...):

railroad; railroad track; railway (a line of track providing a runway for wheels)

gauge (the distance between the rails of a railway or between the wheels of a train)

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